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Aesop 037: The Boy & the Filberts

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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2026. First posted on VL, on 2026-01-06; not reviewed yet.

Missing words: filbert.

Motto: Do not attempt too much at once.

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【1】 Yondo ar ??

  

► The Boy & the Filberts

【2】 --

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► --

【3】 Yondo cávë némë mittiën márya mina ulma na ñetë ????.

          

► A Boy was given permission to put his hand into a pitcher to get some filberts.

Mal nampes tallë höa maqua i únes polë ettucë márya nan.

           

► But he took such a great fistful that he could not draw his hand out again.

Tassë tarnes, únes aþa hehta erinqua ?? ar en únes polë haita ilyar óqua.

               

► There he stood, unwilling to give up a single filbert and yet unable to get them all out at once.

Ruxa ar varin yesentes miuya.

     

► Vexed and disappointed he began to cry.

【4】 “Yondonya,” equë amilya, “Á felë fartassë perta i peccoron yai anápiëtyë ar aþcarë ettucuvatyë márya.

                 

► "My boy," said his mother, "be satisfied with half the nuts you have taken and you will easily get your hand out.

Tá nai lauva tyen cavë ambë ???? uma hyana lúmessë.”

          

► Then perhaps you may have some more filberts some other time."

【6】 Eques: Áva þurë acca laca óqua.

       

► Motto: Do not attempt too much at once.

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